Around the League Thread | Playoffs 🏒

[Luongos Knob]

And then explicitly says he doesn't care about the term: “I’m not worried about six or seven right now. I’m worried about one. And Year One, I know we’re going to have a very good player. I believe that he’s got a lot of good years left in him.”

That's probably one of the worst self-indictments an NHL GM has ever said. Until Jim Benning's "we live day by day" quote. Or Jim Benning's "we like European skill with North American heart" quote. Or the time he revealed he didn't understand what a seller's market was. Or the time he described Erik Gudbranson has having a good first pass.

Christ, of the 50 dumbest things an NHL GM has ever said, Benning's probably responsible for like 43 of them. Gretzky-like dominance.

how about Benning playing the draft simulator for hours? Its gotta be my favourite

Canucks GM played with draft lottery simulator for hours

April 30 apparently can't come soon enough for Jim Benning.The Vancouver Canucks general manager admitted Thursday that he recently sat at his computer for hours running an NHL draft lottery simulator in hopes the virtual pingpong balls would come up in the club's favor. Benning: A couple nghts...

www.thescore.com

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

First and foremost - I hope he leads a healthy retirement.

That said, thank God. What a God awful sports personality who should never have been allowed near a microphone. Good riddance.

 

[M2Beezy]

how about Benning playing the draft simulator for hours? Its gotta be my favourite

Canucks GM played with draft lottery simulator for hours

April 30 apparently can't come soon enough for Jim Benning.The Vancouver Canucks general manager admitted Thursday that he recently sat at his computer for hours running an NHL draft lottery simulator in hopes the virtual pingpong balls would come up in the club's favor. Benning: A couple nghts...

www.thescore.com

Bahahahaha imagine those who defended him til the end and beyond

 

[Canucker]

First and foremost - I hope he leads a healthy retirement.

That said, thank God. What a God awful sports personality who should never have been allowed near a microphone. Good riddance.

Biggest tool in broadcast history...so glad he's gone.

 

[Flik]

Biggest tool in broadcast history...so glad he's gone.

Wish he did this 20 years ago tbh

 

[God]

whenever i would see leafs fans complain about having jim hughson as their PBP guy because he was "biased for the canucks", i always laughed because they truly didn't understand that edwards was the perfect example of bias in support of a team

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

whenever i would see leafs fans complain about having jim hughson as their PBP guy because he was "biased for the canucks", i always laughed because they truly didn't understand that edwards was the perfect example of bias in support of a team

They also had decades of Bob Cole preceded by decades of the Hewitts. I'd consider them more classic examples of biased broadcasters, whereas Edwards was a lunatic, idiot piece of garbage that liked to advocate for injuring players on other teams while making wildly inappropriate and unprofessional comments from his perch up in the press box.

 

[God]

They also had decades of Bob Cole preceded by decades of the Hewitts. I'd consider them more classic examples of biased broadcasters, whereas Edwards was a lunatic, idiot piece of garbage that liked to advocate for injuring players on other teams while making wildly inappropriate and unprofessional comments from his perch up in the press box.

Yeah it truly was unlike anything seen before.

I maintain that Bob Cole was always terrible from an auditory perspective, but the Canucks are pretty spoiled with having Jim Robson/Jim Hughson/John Shorthouse all in a row. Thankfully Shorthouse is fairly young and we can hopefully have him for at least another decade, unless he gets the Garrett treatment...

 

[LemonSauceD]

Detroit fans are gonna go crazy if they win + of Washington loses

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

First and foremost - I hope he leads a healthy retirement.

That said, thank God. What a God awful sports personality who should never have been allowed near a microphone. Good riddance.

 

[dez]

Sutherland screwing over the Flyers

 

[VanillaCoke]

NHL refs are such a joke they refuse to even address let alone attempt to fix.


Also good riddance jack one of the woat get lost forever.

 

[StreetHawk]

NHL refs are such a joke they refuse to even address let alone attempt to fix.


Also good riddance jack one of the woat get lost forever.

If we didn’t have to hear the NESN feed so often we wouldn’t care. Amazing how Homer the us feeds are for all sports.

 

[Ernie]

With dumb as rocks GMs, you *want* them to be a little gunshy. Eg, Dave Nonis. In Vancouver, he was labeled a do-nothing thumb twiddler. Aside from the Luongo move which fell into his lap, his legacy is what, Willie Mitchell and 1 year of Anson Carter?

Then in Toronto he found his big boy pants and proceeded to make historically bad moves like the Bolland signing, Grabovski buyout, Clarkson signing, etc.

I know which version of Dave I'd prefer. As someone with some affection for the Buffalo market, I'd hate to see Kevyn Adams get bold.

To give him credit he also held off an owner who wanted to do a bunch of dumb shit. It's stupid to say that he built the team when he really didn't do much, but at the very least he didn't make a bunch of panic moves to save his job.

 

[mossey3535]

First and foremost - I hope he leads a healthy retirement.

That said, thank God. What a God awful sports personality who should never have been allowed near a microphone. Good riddance.

I actually had never heard him call significant parts of a game and I was shocked when I came across a Bruins matchup earlier this season. In addition to his known homerism, he sounded very stilted and behind the play to me. Was he like this his entire career?

 

[StreetHawk]

Guess tonight could also be Torts final game as an nhl HC. Philly could go in a different direction since Briere didn’t hire him.

Already seen Ott, Stl, NJ, Edm, Buff Change HC. Figure Columbus does as well with a new GM coming in and the current one a last minute replacement for Babs.

 

[Ernie]

Of the three teams the Canucks could face this season, the Preds are probably the best matchup. The Canucks went 3-0 against them with solid underlying numbers. They should be 2:1 favourites in a 7 game series.

They had the worst record against LA but carried the play in all the games. LA got really lucky by scoring first in every game, and it's hard to come back against that style.

Vegas is probably the worst matchup. The team went 2-2 but had some terrible possession numbers. Their regular season hasn't been very inspiring but you can't really blame a team for not taking the regular season very seriously after they've just won a cup.

 

[StickShift]

I actually had never heard him call significant parts of a game and I was shocked when I came across a Bruins matchup earlier this season. In addition to his known homerism, he sounded very stilted and behind the play to me. Was he like this his entire career?

His loss for words and constantly being behind the play has been happening for a few seasons now and has been intensifying badly.

It sure seems like he had a stroke. Apparently he had medical tests that didn’t detect anything. Either way he shouldn’t be broadcasting any more.

 

[Nucker101]

Sutherland screwing over the Flyers

He's a horrible ref, I don't know if it's an ego thing or just stupidity.

 

[Hammman]

The fact that some teams finish the season three days earlier than others is dumb as shit.

 

[StreetHawk]

The fact that some teams finish the season three days earlier than others is dumb as shit.

Yep. That's on the NHL for scheduling and/or not advising teams that they want all games done within 2 days of each other when asking for home dates. NBA got them all done this past weekend.

4 teams finished on Monday.
9 teams finish on Tuesday (tonight)
7 teams finish on Wednesday
12 teams finish on Thursday

 

[rypper]

Some of the local guys are saying the 21st now. But nobody really knows.

Could be some conflicts with some concerts happening at Rogers on the 4,5, 6 etc.

 

[God]

Sutherland screwing over the Flyers

He's been horrible tonight. Botched the call by blowing the whistle too early, and he didn't call a blatant hit from behind on Hathway right in front of his eyes. Wonder why the NHL holds him in such high regard.

 

[rypper]

He's been horrible tonight. Botched the call by blowing the whistle too early, and he didn't call a blatant hit from behind on Hathway right in front of his eyes. Wonder why the NHL holds him in such high regard.

He's been around long enough to know where all the bodies are buried.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I actually had never heard him call significant parts of a game and I was shocked when I came across a Bruins matchup earlier this season. In addition to his known homerism, he sounded very stilted and behind the play to me. Was he like this his entire career?

StickShift nailed it; this part is new and worrisome for his health, and there’s no real medical explanation (he got tested).

But prior to that, he’s just been an idiot piece of shit with a microphone for forever. He needed to be fired ages ago for his caveman antics and takes.